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Whole Wheat Sourdough Ciabatta

July 28, 2009 - 8:35pm

brewninja

Whole Wheat Sourdough Ciabatta

My first post :)

Hello all! First a little personal background. I've been baking on and off for about 5 years, picked up BBA about a month ago, and I am now completely obsessed :) While my wife definately enjoys the bread I've been making, I think this forum is the best place to share thoughts about this obsessive passion.

So, I'd love to share a recipe I just baked; inspired by the BBA pain a l'ancienne and poolish ciabatta, as well as ideas gleaned from this site. Basically, I used my whole wheat sourdough starter as the poolish in the BBA ciabatta recipe, upped the water a bit, and treated the dough like the pain a l'ancienne dough.

I've been amazed at the rising power of this sourdough starter. It's still pretty young, less than a month old. I followed the BBA method, and try to feed it the day before I use it. I've made a few starters before and they would take forever to get any lift. This one works like a dream :)

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